U+11C27 "ð‘°§" Bhaiksuki Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11C27 "ð‘°§" Bhaiksuki Letter Ya is a script character representing the consonant "ya" in the Bhaiksuki alphabet, a historical Brahmic script used primarily in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent between the 11th and 14th centuries for writing Buddhist texts, especially in Sanskrit. This glyph aligns with the typical Bhaiksuki style, featuring rounded shapes and distinctive strokes that differentiate it from related scripts like Siddham or Sharada. As part of the Bhaiksuki Unicode block (U+11C00 to U+11C6F), it enables the digital preservation and accurate rendering of ancient manuscripts, aiding scholars and linguists in studying the script's unique phonology and cultural context within Tibetan Buddhism and Mahayana traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C27 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Bhaiksuki Letter Ya |
| Block | Bhaiksuki |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑰧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑰧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB0 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC27 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C27 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc27 |